Manuel de Dios Unanue

Manuel de Dios Unanue (4 January 1943-11 March 1992) was a Cuban-American journalist who was murdered by Cali Cartel boss Jose Santacruz Londono in 1992 after uncovering his role in cocaine trafficking in New York City.

Biography
Manuel de Dios Unanue was born in Camaguey, Cuba on 4 January 1943, and his family went into voluntary exile in Spain after the Cuban Revolution. In 1967, the family emigrated to Puerto Rico, and he received a master's degree in criminology from the Inter-American University before moving to New York City in 1973. In November 1978, De Dios was a member of the Committee of 75, a civilian organization that engaged in dialogue with Fidel Castro's communist government, and he was accused of being a "Castro agent" by a defector from the committee. He later became editor-in-chief of El Diario La Prensa, the largest Spanish-language newspaper in New York City, and he also became a radio show host and editor of the magazines Cambio XXI and Crimen, crusading against drugs.

Cali Cartel and downfall
During the 1990s, he followed the activities of the Cali Cartel, pretending not to speak English after Jose Santacruz Londono angrily confronted De Dios at a diner, asking if he had been listening to his phone conversation. De Dios Unanue later implicated Santacruz in the explosion of a drug lab on the second floor of a Queens building containing a hair salon, and he spoke of Santacruz's involvement on the cable news. He then planned to write an article about the event, and he agreed to meet with a man who said that he had information on Santacruz; they met at the Meson Asturias Restaurant in Queens. There, the man left his seat as Santacruz sat down with De Dios, and Santacruz offered De Dios a bribe to ensure that the American dream came true for him. De Dios told Santacruz that he came to America with the hope of obtaining freedom, and that Santacruz came to America to deal drugs; he then told Santacruz that they were not the same. As a train passed by, Santacruz shot De Dios under the table, and he then stood up and shot him in the head, killing him.